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Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Knights of Malta warn Vatican reforms risk their sovereignty
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Russia: Some Jehovah's Witnesses benefit from Supreme Court's ruling
(Novaya Gazeta, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Aleksei Yershov is already the second Jehovah’s Witness to be sent behind bars in 2022
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)

Ukraine: Catholic clergy fear Russian invasion of Ukraine
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Uzbekistan: Targeted for being a devout Muslim woman
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Brazil: Wall Street Journal: Catholics are losing ground – rapidly – in Brazil. What else is new?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Paraguay: Church leaders highlight new law’s negative effect on indigenous peoples
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican announces ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ as motto for Holy Year 2025
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Australia: Religious groups query discrimination laws
(Maeve Bannister, Northern Beaches Review)

Christianity and the International Criminal Court
(Johan Van der Vyver, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Nicaraguan bishop uses the pulpit to have a go at the Ortega regime
(La Croix International)

Egypt's Bahá'í minority denied burial in Alexandria
(Martin Roux, La Croix International)

New book by a KAICIID fellow explores possibilities of pictorial art for interreligious dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

India’s top court intervenes in hate speeches against Muslims
(Al Jazeera)

India: Why a Karnataka college’s hijab ban is an assault on the fundamental right to religion
(Umang Poddar, Scroll)

India: Majoritarian violence is slowly tearing India apart
(Apoorvanand, Al Jazeera)

Pastors among 9 Christians arrested, charged with 'illegal' conversions in India: watchdog
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Timor-Leste: Former priest to run for presidency
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan: Protest against abduction of Christian girls
(Ayyaz Gulzar, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Interfaith dialogue, technology, and the need for a new humanism
(Alessio Pecorario, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Indonesia sees spike in sexual abuse of children
(Konradus Epa and Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Monday, 17 January 2022

Tibetan Muslims straddle faith and tradition in China and India
(Radio Free Asia)

India: Hindu monk jailed after calling for ‘genocide’ of Muslims
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)

India: Expert warns of impending ‘genocide’ of Muslims in India
(Al Jazeera)

India: Bishop rape ruling raises questions about role of church
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

India: ‘Make in India’s’ Muslim marginalisation
(Christian Kurzydlowski, East Asia Forum)

India: 200 Hindu radicals attack Christians at house church in India
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Syria: Last Christian in Idlib recalls his community
(Mouneb Taim, Al-Monitor: Syrian Press)

Israeli ultra-Orthodox leaders push for children to get vaccinated
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: Israeli Press)

Turkish teen suicide revives secular-pious debate
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

Northeast Syria’s experience signifies challenge of ending use of children in conflicts
(Nadia Al-Faour, Arab News)

China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: An open letter to United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres 
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Vietnam: IGE convenes training for lecturers at Vietnam's premier leadership development institute for government officials
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
(Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 17 January 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

5 ways to observe UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2022
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Philippine bishop rebukes Marcos supporters
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan: Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders
(Agenzia Fides)

Pakistan: Christians demand direct voting for MPs
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Kazakhstan: Religion doesn’t play central role among youth in Kazakhstan, two new polls show
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

Kazakhstan Catholics 'shocked' by January riots
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sri Lankan Catholics seek justice for Easter attack victims
(Quintus Colombage, Union of Catholic Asian News)

UN: Taliban attempting to exclude women, girls from public life
(Al Jazeera)

Iran to reopen OIC representative office in Saudi Arabia
(Al Jazeera)

Ukrainian priests appeal for support as Russian threat grows
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Is Lebanon on the brink of civil religious war?
(The European Times)

Russian foreign minister injects religious dimension of Ukrainian issue
(Liudmila Troptsenko, Korrespondent, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.01.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Legal Journal Number 4 (17): January 2022 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Reviving Protestant natural law
(Jordan J. Ballor, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Australia: 'Profoundly disappointed' Serbian Orthodox Church calls on Australia to revoke Novak Djokovic's deportation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Myanmar: Catholic Church in Kayah State attacked as fighting intensifies
(International Christian Concern)

Friday, 14 January 2022

Indonesia: Discrimination holds back religious minority children
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, partner gets 15
(Channel News Asia)

Indonesian district to demolish Ahmadi house of worship
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesian Muslim cleric gets 5 months for Bible bashing
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Nigeria: ‘We all weep for these victims’: Nigerian cardinal responds after gunmen kill 200 people
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Turkish Netflix series turns cameras on pogroms, hidden Greeks
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

Iran calls for US to unfreeze Afghan funds amid humanitarian crisis
(Al-Monitor: Iran)

Poverty forces Syrian children to skip school, collect ordnance
(Mouneb Taim, Al-Monitor: Syria)

Israel: Jerusalem church leader: Israeli radicals threatening Christian presence in Old City
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Afghanistan: Catholic refugees from Afghanistan in ‘purgatory’ waiting for visas
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

Financial woes drive more Thais to suicide
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Politics, society and creed in the Arab world
(Mohamed Chtatou, The Times of Israel)

Parliament of the World Religions: Statement on Dharam Sansad and hate speech
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Sudan: Interference in Church affairs continues under military rule
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Syrians dig for Islamic State left-behinds in eastern desert
(Al-Monitor)

Photos of the week: NYC deadly fire, Orthodox Christian New Year
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

On Jewish Earth Day, more Jewish groups take climate action
(Yonat Shimron, Associated Press)

India: Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges
(Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press)

India: J&K parties, religious bodies hit out at govt for 'Surya Namaskar' order
(Hakeem Irfan Rashid, Economic Times)

India: Catholic religious question silence of Indian Church on violence
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Guatemala: Bishops condemn conflict between two Guatemalan indigenous communities
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: Appeals court defies instructions from Supreme Court in Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Ukraine/Greece: Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks at 3rd International Conference on Religious Diplomacy
(U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Greece)

Ukrainian priests appeal for prayers, support as Russian threat grows
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: Prospects for religious freedom in Russian-occupied Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia persecuting 130 Ukrainians for political and religious reasons
(Ukrinform)

Russia: Illegal prosecution of Jehovah's Witness in Russian-occupied region
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Kyrgyzstan: Religious freedom survey, January 2022
(Mushfig Bayram and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)

Myanmar: Churches hit as Myanmar military escalates attacks, while claiming to support Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Myanmar church sheltering families damaged by strikes
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canada: Tai Chi and religion in Canada: another view: FLK Institute of Taoism
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistan Chief Justice slams Imran Khan govt for poor governance, says loyalty towards religion obstructing development
(ANI)

Pakistan slammed by HRW over dissent crackdown, alleged rights abuses
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan: Report of a non-Muslim student beaten for not learning the Quranic Surah by heart
(Twitter, David Alton, Lord Alton of Liverpool)

Pakistan: Religion-based terrorism, extremism on the rise in 2021
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter)

Chile: Religious, pro-life groups make proposals for Chilean constitutional convention
(Giselle Vargas, National Catholic Register)

Brazil: In the state of Amazonas, entities organize debate on religion, philosophy and science in the face of radical denialism (Portuguese)
(Bruno Pacheco, Agencia Cenarium)

CAIR, Free Uyghur Now join 70+ groups in calling on Moroccan, Saudi Governments not to deport Uyghurs to China
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

China: What the Uyghur legal action in Turkey against CCP leaders means
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China jails Christians for attending religious event in Malaysia
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

China: Religious revival in China: ups and downs – Analysis
(P. K. Balachandran, Eurasiareview: Opinion)

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Colombia: Multi-religious collaborative effort in Colombia for positive peace
(Religions for Peace)

Pope Francis rips ‘cancel culture,’ emphasizes need to combat climate change, global conflict
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Australia: Attorney general defends religious schools’ right to sack teachers for views on sexuality
(The Guardian)

Singapore: Offensive religious content: Singapore bans book on political cartoons
(Outlook India)

Weekly Highlight #188: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: A push for moral imperatives to vaccinate
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

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